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<\/p>\nOXFORD, Miss. – After University of Mississippi art student \n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \nNot to be discouraged, after Brady landed his spot in the \n“I had my thesis show in April and since it got torn during \nBrady completed his MFA degree at Ole Miss last year and is \nExplaining how he got the idea to shoot for breaking the \n“Anytime artwork gets recognition, it is positive,” said \nApplying to the Guinness Book of World Records was not an \n“There was a ‘fast track method’ to get your applications \nBrady was invited to display his work at the Mississippi \n“I let it dry completely and then I soak a piece of paper \nRieth recently selected Brady as a panelist for the \nBrady intends to reprint his project within the next two \n“It represented a great chapter of my life, but I’m ready \nBrady’s “Fluidity and Form” is on display through the end \nFor more information about Brady and his work, contact him
\nChristopher Brady stretched his woodblock print thesis
\nproject “Type A” outdoors March 29, 2007, and measured it,
\nhe discovered that he had broken the world record for
\nlongest woodblock print; however, a sudden gust of wind
\ncame and ripped the print apart.
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\n2008 Guinness Book of World Records, he decided to further
\ndivide the 282-foot-long artwork and offer it for sale as
\npieces of history.
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\nthe measuring, I just went ahead and sold off the sections.
\nNow it is all over the Southeast, hanging in different
\npeople’s living rooms,” Brady said. “It is a neat way for
\npeople to have a piece of the longest woodblock print in
\nthe world and have a piece of history.”
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\non the faculty at Hinds Community College in Jackson.
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\nworld record, Brady said, “It was no elementary school
\ndream or anything. But as I started making the print and
\ngot curious, I looked up the record and when I saw it, I
\nwanted to beat it.”
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\nSheri Rieth, UM associate professor of art who oversaw
\nBrady’s thesis. “His thesis was a great success and I am so
\nproud of him because of his success with his work, ideas,
\nteaching and skills.”
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\neasy or quick process, Brady said. After getting all his
\npapers and applications together by mid-July to send to the
\nGuinness Book, he did not receive confirmation until Jan. 9
\nthat he had officially replaced the old record.
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\napproved in days and it was $500 extra, so I didn’t do it,”
\nBrady said. “But after having to wait so long, I just
\nshould have.”
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\nLibrary Commission building in Jackson. The exhibit
\n“Fluidity and Form” includes local scenes of Jackson made
\nwith watercolor monotype, a process that involves painting
\non Plexiglas.
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\nin water and place it on top of the image,” Brady said. “I
\nrun it through a press, and the pressure squeezes out the
\nexcess water and rehydrates the watercolor. I pull the
\npaper off and presto, there’s an image.”
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\ninternational College Art Association Conference in Dallas,
\nwhich had about 4,000 attendees. About 200 people attended
\nthe “Immense Prints” session, where Brady was one of five
\nartists making presentations.
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\nyears so he can have his own copy – after all, he kept all
\nthe woodblocks. Brady’s only regret is that his thesis
\nalmost became more of a spectacle because of the Guinness
\nBook record, which was not his intention.
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\nto move on,” Brady said. “I mean it isn’t in an art history
\nbook or anything, but I’m fine with that status.”
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\nof April at the Mississippi Library Commission, 3881
\nEastwood Drive in Jackson.
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\nat christopherbrady@bellsouth.net. For more information on
\nthe UM Department of Art, go to
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